Week 10 ยท Extension & Project Planning

Session 50: Final project plan review

Project studio120 minNo new lesson

Learning outcomes

  • Present a complete final project plan for review
  • Identify and reduce the biggest technical risk
  • Agree a build schedule for weeks 11 and 12

Kit and components

  • Learners' logbooks and approved proposals
  • Printed final project briefs and milestone sheets

Pre-reading about 15 min

Students read these on their phones before class. They are listed on the student Before class page.

  1. Final Project: Individual Microcontroller System
  2. Lesson 12: Pin, power and conflict plan

Session plan

  1. 0:0015 min
    Discuss

    What a reviewable plan contains

  2. 0:1575 min
    Plan

    One-to-one plan reviews

    Review each plan for 6-8 minutes: pin and power plan, BOM, state table and risk list. Sign the milestone or record the changes needed. Waiting learners refine their plans and collect parts.

  3. 1:3020 min
    Plan

    Build schedules

    Learners write a session-by-session plan for S51-S60 with the subsystem check (S52) and integration check (S55) marked.

  4. 1:5010 min
    Wrap-up

    Next milestone: S52

Checkpoint: ready to move on?

Every learner's plan review milestone is signed, or the changes are recorded with a date before S51.

Extension for fast finishers

Start the first subsystem test sketch.

Catch-up path

Learners whose plans need major changes meet the facilitator before S51.

Homework and practice

Collect parts and write the first subsystem test sketch.

Facilitator notes

  • Do not approve plans that depend on parts that are not available; suggest kit alternatives.